If I'm not mistaken, I've heard stories about it being prohibitively difficult to vote (long lines, inadequate staffing & # of locations, banning vote-by-car, a COVID response) in urban areas. Can't imagine a lot of those barriers exist in more rural areas.

On the topic of American welfare programs, season 3 of The Uncertain Hour has some really good history and current coverage of issues with the system

I've used carrier video calling before, the option appears when I call my wife. We both have Verizon, though, and I've never checked if I can do that with other people

The individual skits, monologues, and musical sets are usually up on YouTube within 24hrs after it airs

Best Scooby Doo adaptation is the Venture Bros episode with the gang, and I will die on that hill

Hell of a write up Stamets!

My wife and I constantly lament how we were born a few decades too late. For everything

I used the guide from this guy when I built mine and it was immensely helpful in getting the storage system up and running. That docker-config file shared in another comment is also pretty handy.

https://perfectmediaserver.com/

Yeah, I recall someone from the BBC saying something similar when it came to covering Brexit. It would take their producers days to find a credible, coherent voice that was pro-Brexit, while the anti-Brexit folks were basically lined up to voice their reasoning. That dichotomy was never revealed to listeners and caused some strife amongst the news team as it seemed disingenuous to present both sides as equal

We need a community for exactly this kind of content a la r/youdontsurf

Do yourself a favor and go pirate it now

I don't know... The federal government has a whole page to help with appealing insurance claim denials and if ProPublica has taken an interest in the matter I won't put much faith in the insurance companies (I wouldn't anyways, but ya know)